Tag: summer
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Shadehouse complete
Over the last week, interrupted by periods of bad health, and with Marlon’s erstwhile assistance, I’ve put up a shadehouse that covers most of the northern end of the house. This is the end that usually gets blasted all day by the summer sun, so shading it has been on our to-do list for a…
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Through the roof!
Google said it was 37°C at midday, and who are we to argue? After all the changes weve made to the house to compensate for the hot weather, I thought I’d check some key points with my trusty temperature gun (in the pic above). For the record, we had: 22 on the interior walls 24…
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The ‘wirgola’
We needed a quick, very cheap way to shade the Western side of the house. The afternoon summer sun gets so very hot here. We have a thermometer under the small front verandah, this is in the shade at all times, though it’s post gets the sun. It’s been as hot as 47 C some…
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A tribute to Soursobs
As summer rapidly approaches, I am reminded that it is time to harvest one of my favorite plants. To most it’s a weed, and a problem one at that. Me, I’ve found a way to make my peace (and dinner) with it. We call them ‘Soursobs’ here in Australia. Oxalis pes-capre to the technically minded. Their…
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Nearly a home.
We’re so close to owning our own home, having done all that the bank wanted, checking all the boxes and jumped through all the hoops. So, it’s time to restart all the kitchen fermentation and get some edible plants into the ground. We started with four deciduous fruit trees, an apple and a pear, and…